{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/vp/vp114.htm","path":"hin/vp/vp114.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp114.htm","text":"The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840]\nFuture kings. Descendants of Par\u00edkshit, ending with Kshemaka.\nI WILL now enumerate the kings who, will reign in future periods 1. The present monarch, Par\u00edkshit 2, will have four sons, Janamejaya, \u015arutasena, Ugrasena, and Bh\u00edmasena 3. The son of Janamejaya will be \u015aat\u00e1n\u00edka 4, who will study the Vedas under Y\u00e1jnyawalkya, and military science with Kripa; but becoming dissatisfied with sensual enjoyments, he will acquire spiritual knowledge from the instructions of \u015aaunaka, and ultimately obtain salvation. His son will be Aswamedhadatta (a son given by the gods in reward for the sacrifice of a horse 5); his son will be As\u00edma-krish\u0144a 6; his son will be Nichakra 7, who will remove the capital to Kau\u015b\u00e1mb\u00ed, in consequence of Hastin\u00e1pura being washed away by the Ganges; his son will be Ush\u0144a 8; his son will be Chitraratha; his son\nwill be Vrish\u0144imat 9; his son will be Sushe\u0144a; his son will be Sun\u00edtha 10; his son will be Richa 11; his son will be Nrichakshu 12; his son will be Sukh\u00edhala 13; his son will be Pariplava; his son will be Sunaya 14; his son will be Medh\u00e1vin; his son will be Nripanjaya 15; his son will be Mridu 16; his son will be Tigma 17; his son will be Vrihadratha; his son will be Vasud\u00e1na 18; and his son will be another \u015aat\u00e1n\u00edka; his son will be Udayana 19; his son will be Ah\u00ednara 20; his son will be Kha\u0144d\u0301ap\u00e1ni 21; his son will be Niramitra 22; his son will be Kshemaka 23: of him this verse is recited; \"The race which gave origin to Brahmans and Kshatriyas, and which was purified by regal sages, terminated with Kshemaka; in the Kali age 24.\"\n461:1 The style now adopted is that of prophecy, as Vy\u00e1sa could not consistently have recorded the events which were posterior to his time.\n461:2 Also read Par\u00edkshita, Par\u00edksha, and Par\u00edkshi.\n461:3 See p. 457. The V\u00e1yu and Matsya relate, rather obscurely, a dispute between Janamejaya and Vai\u015bamp\u00e1yana, in consequence of the former's patronage of the Brahmans of the V\u00e1jasaneyi branch of the Yajur-veda, in opposition to the latter, who was the author of the black or original Yajush (see p. 279). Janamejaya twice performed the A\u015bwamedha according to the V\u00e1jasaneyi ritual, and established the Trisarv\u00ed, or use of certain texts by A\u015bmaka and others, by the Brahmans of Anga, and by those of the middle country. He perished however in consequence, being cursed by Vai\u015bamp\u00e1yana. Before their disagreement, Vai\u015bamp\u00e1yana related the Mah\u00e1bh\u00e1rata to Janamejaya. Mah\u00e1bh., Adi Parvan.\n461:4 The reading of the text is rather, 'his (Par\u00edkshit's) other son will be \u015aat\u00e1n\u00edka;' but the commentator refers 'his' to Janamejaya. The V\u00e1yu, Matsya, and Bh\u00e1gavata also make \u015aat\u00e1n\u00edka the son of Janamejaya. The Br\u00e1hma P. has a totally different series, or Par\u00edkshit, S\u00fary\u00e1pid\u0301a, Chandr\u00e1pid\u0301a, Janamejaya, Satyakar\u0144a, \u015awetakar\u0144a, Sukum\u00e1ra, and Aja\u015by\u00e1ma.\n461:5 The Bh\u00e1gavata interposes Sahasr\u00e1n\u00edka. The Vrihatkath\u00e1 has the same descent, but calls the son of Sahasr\u00e1n\u00edka, Udayana or Vatsa. The Bh\u00e1gavata has A\u015bwamedhaja.\n461:6 Adhis\u00e1ma k.: V\u00e1yu. Adhisoma k.: Matsya. The former states that the V\u00e1yu P. was narrated in this king's reign, in the second year of a three years' sacrifice at Kurukshetra.\n461:7 Nemichakra: Bh\u00e1gav. Vichakshus: Matsya. They agree with the text as to the removal of the capital, and the cause.\n461:8 Ukta: Bh\u00e1g. Bh\u00farijyesht\u0301ha: Matsya.\n462:9 Suchidratna, V\u00e1yu; Suchidrava, Mats.; Kaviratha, Bh\u00e1g.; is interposed between Chitraratha and Vrishn\u00edmat.\n462:10 Sut\u00edrtha: V\u00e1yu.\n462:11 Ruchi: V\u00e1yu. Omitted: Mats. and Bh\u00e1g.\n462:12 Chitr\u00e1ksha: V\u00e1yu.\n462:13 Sukh\u00ednala: Bh\u00e1g.\n462:14 Sutapas: Mats.\n462:15 Puranjaya: Mats.\n462:16 \u00darva: Mats. D\u00farva: Bh\u00e1g.\n462:17 Tigm\u00e1tman: Mats. Timi: Bh\u00e1gavata.\n462:18 Sud\u00e1sa: Bh\u00e1g. Vasud\u00e1man: Mats.\n462:19 The Matsya concurs with the text (see above, note 5); the Bh\u00e1gavata has Durdamana.\n462:20 Vah\u00ednara: Bh\u00e1g.\n462:21 Da\u0144d\u0301ap\u00e1ni: Bh\u00e1g., V\u00e1yu, Mats.\n462:22 Nimi: Bh\u00e1g.\n462:23 Kshepaka: V\u00e1yu.\n462:24 The same memorial verse is quoted in the Matsya and V\u00e1yu P., preceded by one which states the number of princes twenty-five. The specification however, commencing with \u015aat\u00e1n\u00edka, is twenty-six or twenty-seven. The passage is, ###.","title":"The Vishnu Purana: Book IV: Chapter XXI","type":"page"}